To improve the timeliness, relevance and effectiveness of responses in the food security and agriculture sectors through strengthening the capacity of the existing Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC).

Key partners:

Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock; Afghan National Disaster Management Authority; World Food Programme; and Afghanaid.

Beneficiaries reached:

Member and observer agencies of the FSAC in Afghanistan, working in fields related to food security and agriculture and/or humanitarian response.

Activities implemented:

Facilitated FSAC weekly coordination meetings.

Established a Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group and Cash-for-Work and Food-for-Work Working Group.

Facilitated Early Warning Information Working Group meetings, producing 36 early warning updates.

Conducted two nation-wide surveys to assess the food security situation and inform emergency programming for response.

Carried out the Mid-Year Review of the 2012 Consolidated Appeals Process.

Supported the Afghanistan Food Security Technical Team to produce an updated analysis of the food security situation with projections, which fed into the roll-out of an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification map.

Produced a first draft of the FSAC action plan for 2013.

Developed a pilot food security monitoring system with the Nutrition Cluster.

Organized three workshops to raise awareness on a disaster plan development process following the 2011/12 winter season.